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22 f BY Attorncjs United States Patent() CONVERTIBLE TABLE Y Max G.Shipman, Casper, Wyo.

Application July 19, 1954, Serial No. 444,025

7 Claims. (Cl. 155-43) This invention relates to an article offurniture, and more particularly to a novel convertible table which isadapted for use as a rocking seat.

The primary object of the present invention resides in the provision ofan article of furniture which is adapted for use alternatively as atable and as a rocking seat.

The construction of this invention especially features an article offurniture which is provided with arcuate side members which form seatsfor arcuate flanges depending from a table top or wh-ich are adapted tobe utilized as the rockers of a rocking seat. Also incorporated in theinvention is a novel panel which is designed to perform alternativelythe function of a seat panel and of a guard. The legs of the table alsoserve as supports for transverse grab bars when the device is utilizedas a rocking seat, the grab bars rigidifying the construction of thelegs.

Still further objects and features of this invention reside in theprovision of a convertible article of furniture that is strong anddurable, simple in construction and manufacture, which is highlypleasing in appearance, and which is capable of being utilized bychildren for various purposes while requiring considerably less spacefor storage than would be necessitated by two separate articles offurniture.

These, together with the various ancillary objects and features of theinvention, which will become apparent as the following descriptionproceeds, are attained by this convertible table, a preferred embodimentof which has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings, by way ofexample only, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the invention shown in use as a table;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the convertible table shown as beingused as a rocking seat;

Figure 3 is a plan View of the invention;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view as taken along the plane of line 44 in Figure 3 and illustrating in particular the construction of thepanels which also serve as guards; and

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view as taken along theplane of line5--5 in Figure 4.

With continuing reference to the accompanying drawings wherein likereference numerals designate similar parts throughout the various views,the reference numeral generally designates the convertible tablecomprising the present invention. This convertible table includes aplatform 12 which has depending therefrom legs 14, 16, 18 and 20. Thelegs may be secured in any convenient manner to the platform 12 as maybe necessary.

Secured to the legs 14 and 16 and seating in apertures in the lowerportions of the legs 14 and 16 is a grab bar 22 which serves to rigidifythe legs 14 and 16. A grab bar 24 also extends between the legs 18 and20.

Secured to the legs 14, 16, 18 and 20 as by bolts 26 or by any othersuitable means and to the platform 12, if desired, is a pair of spacedside members 28 and 30 which are arcuate in shape so as to form convexrocking surfaces 32 and 34 when the convertible table is positioned foruse as a rocking seat as shown in Figure 2.

Attached to the side members 28 and 30 are end members 36 and 38 whichare adapted to form a back rest for the seat members 40 and 42 alsobolted or otherwise attached to the side members 28 and 30 and whichextend therebetween. Also secured to the side members 28 and 30 are sidesupport members 44, 46, 48, and 50 which form side rests for the seatswhen the article of furniture is adapted to be used as a rocking seat,the side members 28 and 30 serving as side supports when the inventionis used as a table.

Hingedly secured as at 52 and 54 to the seat members 42 and 44 are seatpanels 56 and 58 on which the children or other persons using thisarticle of furniture are adapted to seat when the device is used as atable. However, in order to close the space between the seats 40 and 42when the convertible article of furniture is used as a rocking seat, theseat panels 56 and 58 are adapted to be pivoted to the position as shownin phantom lines in Figure 4 and as can be seen in Figure 2, therebypreventing the legs of children or the like from extending beneath theplaiform 12 or otherwise being subject to injury. The panels 56 and 58are held in their extended position by latch members 60 and 62 pivotallyattached as at 64 and 66 to the side members 28 and 30. l

For use as a table, there is provided a table top 66 which has recesses67 and 69 -in the ends thereof to permit access to the seats formed bythe seat panels 56 and 58. When the device is utilized as a table,flanges 68 and 70 having arcuately concaved lower surfaces are adaptedto be positioned on the side members 28 and 30fto interlock therewithand thus hold the table top 68 in position. It is to be noted that theplatform 12 in this position will serve as a desk or storage place,leav-ing the table top? 66 free for other purposes. Further, theplatform 12 when the article of furniture is inverted to the position asshown in Figure 2 will form a platform for the feet of the childrenusing the invention.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will bereadily understood, and further explanation is believed to beunnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art it is not desired to limit theinvention to the exact construction shown and described7 and accordinglyall suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, fallingwithin the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

l. A convertible table comprising a platform, legs downwardly dependingfrom said platform, a pair of arcuate side members secured on oppositesides of said platform, seat members secured-to and extending betweensaid side members at the opposed ends of said side members, said seatmembers being vertically and horizontally spaced from said platform, anda table top having arcuate depending flanges removably positioned withsaid flanges engaging said side members.

2. A convertible table comprising a platform, legs downwardly dependingfrom said platform, a pair of arcuate side members secured on oppositesides of said platform, seat members secured to and extending betweensaid side members at the opposed ends ofI said side members, said seatmembers being vertically and horizontally spaced from said platform, anda table top having arcuate depending flanges removably positioned withsaid flanges engaging said side members, said table top having recessesin the ends thereof to permit access to said seat members.

3. A convertible table comprising a platform, legs downwardly dependingfrom said platform, a pair of arcuate side members secured on oppositesides of said platform, seat members secured to and extending betweensaid side members, at the opposed ends of said said members, said seatmembers being vertically and horizontally spaced from said platform, anda table top having arcuate depending flanges removably positioned withsaid flanges engaging said side members, transverse bars secured to andextending between pairs of said legs.

4. A convertible table comprising a platform, legs downwardly dependingfrom said platform, a pair of arcuate side members secured on oppositesides of said platform, seat members secured to and extending betweensaid side members at the opposed ends of said side members, said seatmembers being vertically and horizontally spaced from said platform, anda table top having arcuate depend-ing flanges removably positioned withsaid flanges engaging said side members, said table top having recessesin the ends thereof to permit access to said seat members, andtransverse bars secured to and extending between pairs of said legs.

form, seat members secured to `and extending between` said'side membersat the opposed' ends of said side members, said seat members beingvertically and horizontally spaced from said platform, and a table tophaving arcuate depending flanges removably positioned with saidv angesengaging said side members, said seat members having-y panels hingedlyattached theretoy for selectively overlying said seat members and forextending between said seat' members and said platform to form closuresfor the spaces therebetweenI when saidconvertible table is in anoverturned position for use as a rocking seat with saidl arcuate angesformingrockers, v

6. A convertible table comprising a platform, -legs downwardly dependingfrom said platform, a pair of arcuate side memberssccured on oppositesides of said platform, seat members secured to and extending betweensaid side members at the opposed ends f said side members, said seatmembers being vertically and horizontally spaced from said platform, anda table top having ar cuate dependingA anges removably positioned withsaid flanges engaging said side members, saidtable top having recessesin the ends thereof to permit access to said seat members, said seatmembers having panels hingedly attached thereto for selectivelyoverlying said seat members and for extending between said seat membersand said platformto form` closures for the spaces therebetween when saidconvertible table is in an overturned position for use 4 as a rockingseat with said ers. t

7. A convertible table comprising a platform, legs downwardly dependingfrom said platform, a pair of arcuate side members secured on oppositesides of said platform, seat members secured to and extending betweensaid side members at the opposed ends of said side members, sa-id seatmembers bei-'ng vertically and horizontally spaced from said. platform,a, table top having arcuate depending flanges removably'v positionedwith said flanges engaging saidrside members, said table top, havingrecesses in the ends thereof to permit access to said seat members, andtransverse` bars. secured to,- and extending between pairs of said legs,said seat members having panels hingedly attached thereto forselectively overlying said seat members and for extending between saidseat members and said platform to form closures for the spacestherebetween when said convertible table is in an overturnedposition foruse as a roelring'v seat with said|` areuate flanges forming rockers; ly

j References Cited"inttl1e-=l`1'le of this patent UNITED srATEs PATENTS.

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